The Zone of Interest (novel)

The Zone of Interest
AuthorMartin Amis
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
28 August 2014
ISBN978-0-385-35349-6
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The Zone of Interest is the fourteenth novel by the English author Martin Amis, published in 2014. Set in Auschwitz, it tells the story of a Nazi officer who has become enamoured of the camp commandant's wife. The story is conveyed by three narrators: Angelus Thomsen, the officer; Paul Doll, the commandant; and Szmul Zacharias, a Jewish Sonderkommando.